2.1. Contornos activos param ´etricos
2.1.2. Discretizaci ´ on y simulaci ´ on num ´erica
Here’s the Faith’s position on love, sex and marriage:
— Between husband and wife, all sex and all love is virtuous.
— Between two men or two women, no romantic love is virtuous (although familial and comradely love can be) and sex is a sin (and, coincidentally, a crime).
— Between two people married to others, no romantic love is virtuous and sex is a sin.
— Between an unmarried man and a married woman, no romantic love is virtuous and sex is a sin.
— Between a married man and an unmarried woman, romantic love might be virtuous, and sex is a sin.
— Between an unmarried man and an unmarried woman, romantic love is virtuous, and sex is probably a sin.
Except in the unfortunate case of a husband and wife who don’t love one another, sex is never virtuous without love.
Now, see that “probably”? That’s because the King of Life is, occasionally, a realist. Sometimes, when it matters, He prefers a loving family to official recognition.
Especially because getting married isn’t just a Faith thing. It’s also a Territorial Authority thing. Not all people who should marry are able to, legally, be it because of fees, corrupt Territorial representatives, or various other difficulties — all the result of the unrighteousness of the non-Faithful and the corruptness of the Territorial Authority and the other religions.
Pride can enter into love, sex & marriage when:
— you demand the love of, or impose your love upon, someone who doesn’t love you.
— you act as though you love someone when you really don’t.
— you consider your love to transcend sin and virtue, like when you’re in love with someone inappropriate.
— you want sex, without considering love, virtue or sin.
— you pursue marriage with someone who reflects well on you or who can advance you, not whom you love.
— you buy the affection and loyalty of your intended spouse with money or prestige.
— you demand that your suitor buy your affection.
And you know? That stuff’s all rare bloody story meat.
4. Polygamy
Polygamy (technically polygyny; polyandry isn’t allowed a’tall) is, in the Faith, a reward to men for long-term service and dedication. No man under, say, 30 has a second wife, and no man under 40 has a third (or fourth, or fifth, or sixth...). To get official allowance to court a woman after your first wife, you must:
— have been called upon by the King of Life to do so, as confirmed by the person with Stewardship over you.
— be fulfilling the Stewardship of your office in the Faith in an exemplary fashion (or have retired from a lifetime of doing so).
— have a woman in mind.
— be able to support the addition to your family, including the inevitable children and elder parents.
And pride can enter into Polygamy when:
— you consider polygamy to be your right, instead of a reward you have to deserve.
— you think that you deserve polygamy when really you just want it.
— you’re seeking a second or subsequent wife in order to display your worthiness and faith.
— you’re a wife and you don’t welcome a righteous subsequent wife.
— you’re a second or subsequent wife and you resent the wives before you.
— you put your relationships with your fellow wives over your relationship with your husband.
— you’re pursuing or part of a polygamous marriage unapproved by the Faith.
— you’re a wife who wants an additional husband.
Polygamy is love, sex etc. times two. Or more. It puts people in complicated and high-pressure situations.
Problematic polygamy can drive your game.
5. Money
Nobody in the Faith should be hungry when someone else is eating. The King of Life has said so, and it’s maybe the Faith’s most constant struggle.
Pride can enter into money when:
— you think you deserve more than someone else.
— you don’t want to give up what you have when someone else needs it more than you do.
— you exploit the poor to buy community respect.
And that’s pretty good story stuff, but, well, it just ain’t sex.
Injustice
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hen a person acts on pride, when a person’s pride influences the workings of a community, injustice inevitably results.1. Money: Someone is hungry when someone else is eating. Someone is cold when someone else has clothing and shelter.
2. Role: Someone is prevented from fulfilling his or her role in the community. A mother can’t care for her child, a husband can’t protect his family, one laborer has to do the work of two, a young man can’t court a young woman.
3. Righteousness: Someone has to choose between sin and suffering. A person must steal food or else go hungry.
A child must lie to his parents or else be beaten. A young woman must see her fiancé behind her father’s back, or not at all.
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Violence. It’s a sin to harm or kill another person,Sin
unless you have just cause. Self defense and war are just causes; “he slept with my wife” is not.
2. Sex. It’s a sin to have sex with someone you aren’t married to, unless all of the following are true: your marriage is ordained in Heaven, you’re prevented from wedding by inescapable circumstances, and you wed as soon as you are able.
3. Deceit. It’s a sin to lie, cheat, steal, or break promises.
4. Disunity. It’s a sin to conspire against another person or to profit from another person’s misfortune.
5. Blasphemy. It’s a sin to call upon the King of Life in an unworshipful manner.
6. Apostasy. It’s a sin to worship the King of Life in any way not according to the dictates of the Faith, to call upon any god but the King of Life, or to turn to the demons for favors.
7. Worldliness. It’s a sin to dress immodestly, to smoke tobacco or drink hard liquor, to use vulgar language, to sleep in the same room as an unbeliever, to gamble for money, to work on a day set aside for worship, or to show comfort in the presence of sin.
8. Faithlessness. It’s a sin to neglect the duties of your office in the Faith.